The Newsletter of Issue No 15 Oxley Christian College 11 October 2018

From the Principal Dear Friends, He made us, we belong to Him; we are His people. Give thanks and praise as you enter His courts, and We warmly welcome you to the final school term for bless His Holy Name. 2018 and especially the students who have just joined For the Lord is good, His faithful love lasts forever, the College. Congratulations to families on making it across all generations to this point on the school calendar. We look forward to the celebration of student achievements in view of It is constant from age to age. another wonderful year and the final weeks for our Year 12 cohort. We wish students well in their peparation for Such knowledge is life-changing when we understand we final exams. Routine events will kick off these first weeks are the people God has made, and therefore the people of Term 4 with the Year 9 into 10 Information Evening, who should respond to Him. God wants us to know that the VCE Arts Festival, a number of Soiree evenings and no matter what happens in our time, no matter what Year 12 Valedictory Dinner. We look forward to welcoming happened before we were born, no matter what happens parents and friends at these evening events. after we die, His love and our belonging is across all generations. Therefore, we should have the courage to At our first assembly of the Senior School this week, we be the leaders He has prepared us to become. Our hope introduced and prayed for the student leaders selected is that Oxley students will know the presence and love for 2019. Recently, Senior students voted for various of God in tangible ways, and will intentionally cooperate Leaders and House Captains. Pastor Matt, along with with God’s agendas within the community of God’s Mr Whittle, Miss Hogan and Mr Kotzé were involved in a people over a lifetime. subsequent interview process over the last few weeks of last term. College Captains and Vice Captains are yet to We take the opportunity to alert families of the need to be decided and those appointments will be made known maintain high standards of student presentation in this at Presentation Evening, as is our normal tradition. I term. I refer to how the College uniform is worn and congratulate the students on their appointments and our ongoing requirements for a neat presentation with look forward to their contribution to College life over the appropriate haircuts, general appearance and behaviour. next 12 months. We will be discussing these matters with Senior students, along with other matters we are obliged by law to raise I shared with our Senior School leaders, Psalm 100 of with 18 year olds. This latter focus is on the mandatory King David that reads something like this: reporting obligations adults have for various types of abuse. If this is of concern to parents, please contact me Acclaim Yahweh, praise God all people of the earth at the College. Worship Him, and come into His presence with Christian blessings, gratitude and joy. Be sure you know that the Lord is God Douglas Peck immediate family. Whilst naturally I fell into a state of Devotions sadness and anger, I made a commitment then, to pursue happiness. And for me, that started with me In Pursuit of Happiness telling myself “I am happy”. Exercising this thought every day, I can take pleasure in everything I do. I For some, being happy is such a difficult state of mind always try to have fun and find enjoyment in everything to reach. I know for those of us currently in Year 12, I do. With this I can truly say I’m happy with who I am, with all the stress and emotional moments in the where I am and where I will go. lead up to our exams, being happy is not exactly in the forefront of our minds. This may be the case with many other people. The modern world has so many “Happiness is a decision” distractions and everyone is so busy, which can lead to Mentally, we need to set up positive habits. We need many obstacles being placed in our way. These can be to regularly take joy and be grateful. So, what is being rather detrimental to our mental health. In a day and happy? Being happy is consistently doing the right age where mental health is becoming more and more things for our minds. Choosing to be happy, the results of a focus, how can we ensure we are as happy as we ALWAYS lead to us actually being happy. can be? What we may miss however, is the need to exercise We’ve all heard that exercise leads to endorphins our spirit and relationship with God. In Psalm 114:15 it being released in our brains which give us a happy is described, Happy are the people whose God is the feeling. So naturally, we exercise our bodies to feel Lord. Jesus tells us, amidst all circumstances, to always healthy and happy. And the rewards are there for all live happily. (NIV) says: to see. However, this unfortunately doesn’t always last. Phillipians 2:17-18 Not only do we need to exercise physically, to reach a But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering state of happiness, we also need to exercise our mind on the sacrifice and service coming from your faith, I and our spirit. am glad and rejoice with all of you. So you too should “Not only do we need to exercise be glad and rejoice with me. physically, to reach a state of To be ‘glad and rejoice’ is to be happy and joyful. We’re told to keep our relationship with God in fruition, to happiness we need to exercise our keep seeking His presence, His spirit. What we can be assured of is, no matter the turmoil or adversity we’re mind and our spirit” in, we are able to have full faith and trust that our happiness will come from God, the provider of true, It starts from the moment we wake up. Being happy sustainable happiness. Like all things good, happiness starts with you. Being happy is to feel or show pleasure is dependent upon our relationship with God. As such, or contentment. To be content with where you are, who we are reminded of the importance to exercise our you are, to take pleasure in everything you do, but for bodies, mind and spirit – to keep faith and relationship this to last, we have to exercise this thought. We have with God. to start lifting the mental weights and throwing them away. Happiness is a decision. One we have to make I’d like to encourage you all to keep running with God, ourselves. to seek joy in life and to know happiness.

I myself have been through many rough moments in Liam Ting my life, most significantly being separated from my Year 12 College Captain

2 Senior School Welcome back to school for the final term of 2018! Year 11s have hopefully returned after a sensational Night at the Oscars. This truly memorable event featured a host of local artists, some very experienced and some performing publicly for the first time. Singing, instrumentals, and even a comedy act entertained the close-knit crowd. Food and ambience were excellent, and the outfits which adorned the red carpet were simply outstanding.

The conclusion of the evening featured a large number of students breaking out into dance moves, displaying an amazing amount of youthful exuberance and energy as the hour grew late. Thank you to Mrs Doblin, the Organising Committee and all performers for a truly delightful evening from start to finish.

During Term 3, over 1,500 Parent Teacher interviews occurred over two evenings, which were an excellent opportunity to check progress and, if necessary, realign all members of the learning partnership. Thank you to all parents and students who were able to attend the night and discuss education and other matters. This is an important event in our school calendar but I would also encourage all families to communicate with us as a staff at any time if there are issues which need discussion, as we regard our approachability as a hallmark of our commitment to you.

Year 12s were welcomed back to school early as most attended practice examinations during the second week of the term break. We trust this provided each student with invaluable feedback on progress, areas mastered and areas to revise in the weeks ahead.

An enormous thank you to teachers for setting, marking and providing feedback in an extremely short turnaround time – it is greatly appreciated by all. A thank you to all parents who have played a variety of roles including timekeeper, chauffeur, and counsellor for encouraging and assisting each student to achieve their best. A thank you also to the students who have made the most of this offering by studying hard, completing the examination and reviewing the feedback.

Please know that hard work reaps its own benefits in terms of results, and also in the character that you are developing. During Assembly recently, it was mentioned how we can lean upon our parents, friends, teachers and God in times of need. Please remember that even when undertaking your examinations you are never alone. God is right beside you, along with our continued prayers, support and best wishes.

Joshua is told in Joshua 1:9 of this truth and I believe it to be as relevant now for each of us as it was for him over 3,000 years ago. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.

Greg Barker Deputy Principal – Head of Senior School

3 Junior School Class Placement for 2019 Parents are provided an opportunity to communicate Welcome to Term 4! We trust that you enjoyed quality in writing, to the Head of Junior School, any specific family time and the opportunity to create lasting information which could have a significant impact on their memories. Students and staff have returned well- child’s class placement for 2019 (eg cousins, neighbours prepared for what promises to be an exciting term. This in the same level, etc). As situations can change, requests year has simply flown by! made in previous years are not taken into consideration. Staffing for each year level is yet to be confirmed so This term, all students in Prep to Year 6 will complete a specific requests for teachers will not be considered. All Multi Genre Writing Project as a component of the English correspondence should be addressed to the Head of Junior School, marked confidential, by Friday 26 October. curriculum. This project allows students to express their ideas, concerns and hopes on issues and topics that May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you are important to them. It both empowers and engages trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the students because it gives them a voice. Students will be power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13 (NIV) required to: • Create a presentation about a chosen topic that has Sharee Gaiser written and visual parts. Head of Junior School • Write a variety of genres to suit different purposes. What Did You Do at School Today? • Communicate the ideas clearly using the correct genre structure. Prep • Organise time effectively and demonstrate their use of This term, we are learning about Living Things in Science. the writing process. On Wednesday, we went on our very first excursion to Healesville Sanctuary. It was exciting to ride on a Later in the term, we will showcase each student’s bus. When we arrived, we went on an Aussie Animal development as a writer and celebrate this whole school Adventure! We learnt about the Australian animals that initiative with parents. Please keep an eye out for more make our land unique and discovered how to become information in coming weeks. a hero and help to save wildlife! During our adventure, we learnt about different kinds of animals, their body Our annual Year 3-6 Competition was held coverings, features, habitats and life cycles. We enjoyed on the last day of Term 3. Thank you again to staff for watching the Spirits of the Sky bird show and met many new animal friends. The Preps are looking forward to an their support and to the students for their enthusiastic exciting Term 4! participation. It was a wonderful way to end the term. Congratulations to Tabor Trojans and Zion Crusaders, who tied for first place, the overall champions for the day.

In Term 4, students may wear summer or winter uniform during the ONE week transition time. Please ensure girls’ summer dresses are at the correct length, with the hem to the bottom of the kneecap (when student is standing with head up straight). For further information about student uniform standards, please refer to page 12 in the Student Diary.

Selected Year 4-6 students, who were successful in their events at the District Athletics in Term 3, competed in the

Division Athletics today. We look forward to celebrating Tahlia, Eloise and Olivia in a tepee they built at the sanctuary their efforts. Year 1 We also look forward to seeing the Prep-Year 2 students compete in their upcoming House Athletics Carnival It was wonderful to see our friends after a relaxing and on Friday 19 October on our main oval from 9.00am – enjoyable break. We shared our amazing, unbelievable 12.30pm. Students have been training and preparing and simply delightful holiday memories (using creative well for this event and parents are invited to attend and adjectives). In Maths we are learning how to share collections equally by using different objects, including encourage students in their efforts. teddy bears, plastic insects and fruit. In History, we will be stepping back in time to learn about life in the past and Please refer to the Calendar on the back of The Vine, compare it with our lives today! We cannot wait for our as well as our website, for information about upcoming excursion to Mont De Lancey! Term 4 events in the Junior School.

4 Year 2 to start writing a narrative for the Multi Genre Writing Project. It was interesting to hear about the varied and In Science this term, we are learning about life cycles wonderful passions of our Year 5 students. and the amazing changes that occur in living creatures as they grow. To help deepen our understanding, we will Year 6 be learning through experience by observing silkworms progress through the different stages of life. Before We thoroughly enjoyed our roles in the Term 3 Junior seeing our silkworms for the first time, we became School Musical, The Mender. Both evenings were a inquisitive scientists! We drew scientific diagrams, made wonderful celebration of the hard work and effort to predictions and asked probing questions. In Writing, we rehearse lines, lyrics and actions! Now in Term 4, we are are working on a Multi Genre Writing Project. This week looking forward to Graduation and preparing for what we we have used our Writer’s Notebook to identify a topic believe will be a beautiful commemoration of our Junior we are passionate about. It was great to share our topics School years. This week, we are finalising our topic or and think about different genres. Now we cannot wait to theme for the Multi Genre Writing Project. Make sure you start writing! ask us what it is and the types of writing we will produce. We can’t wait to share our project with you towards the Year 3 end of term. We were thrilled to visit our Kinder buddies at Oxley Kids. We had prepared a special project to show them what we know about information reports. After researching an endangered animal, we published our texts with our Tournament of Minds buddies as the audience in mind. Our buddies loved seeing our fabulous work and we hope they enjoyed 2018 learning from us. Tournament of Minds offers teams of students the opportunity to solve authentic, open-ended challenges that foster creative, divergent thinking while developing collaborative enterprise, excellence and teamwork. Challenges are set in the following disciplines: the Arts, Language Literature, Social Sciences and STEM. Students perform at a regional school event, and this year it was held at Mount Lilydale Mercy College. I would like to congratulate the following students who participated:

Chloe Brookes (7.14), Zara Schulz (8.23), Claire-Annai Hilton (8.34), Jessica Wang (10.3), Miranda Lantry (8.33), Isabella Wildish (8.23) and Eloise Jefferies (7.16).

Heidi Ruhnau Gifted and Talented Coordinator Lucas, Donny and Casey reading their information reports to their buddies Student Reflection Year 4 The Tournament of Minds, was although stressful at Students have excitedly explored the school yard in times, very rewarding in the end. Everyone was faced with search of eucalyptus trees. Using a guide, they were able their own challenges throughout the process of making to accurately determine which trees were eucalypts. Many tournament of minds happen. The team was made up of students commented that the eucalyptus oil reminded a variety of different year levels, including Year 7, 8 and them of cold and flu rubs. In Maths, students have 10. Being in different age groups wasn’t the big problem, continued to explore chance and have been tossing coins the bigger challenge was learning to put our minds and drawing cards. They are learning to use the correct together and work effectively. In the end, we decided terminology when describing outcomes. This week also to do the STEM challenge and call ourselves the STEM heralds the beginning of the Multi Genre Writing Project Squad. The challenge was to create an animal made up in English, where students compose a number of texts on of different animal species that already exist, and explain a topic that they are passionate about. We are looking its environment, what it eats and its survival instincts. The forward to reading everyone’s creative masterpieces. animal we made was mainly a mixture of bilby, mouse, frog and bat. Its name, Bilbat was hard to decide. We Year 5 all had different ideas and in the end just picked one. After a fantastic holiday break, we were excited to begin We broke off into small groups to produce the script, learning about desert survivors in Science. We started clothes, Bilbat model and video. A lot of it was left to the wondering what animals and plants need to survive harsh last moment but thankfully was completed with time to environments and how they adapt to their surroundings. spare for rehearsals. In the coming weeks, we will learn how human behaviour also impacts our environment. We are also very excited Miranda Lantry (8.33)

5 Sport Great results in EISM Cross Country

It was a close second place for Oxley Christian College in this year’s EISM Cross Country that took place on Wednesday 12 September at Ruffey Lake Park in Doncaster East.

There were some great individual performances on the day:

• Eden Roberts (7.17) won gold in the Boys U/13 3,000m with an excellent time of 11.27; Year 7 girls team • Audrey Oastler (8.33) won U/14 Girls 3,000m with a time of 13.42; • Liam Wilson-Gardner (10.4) won the U/16 Boys 4,000m in 13.31; • Zoe Sibley (10.2) won the U/16 Girls 3,000m in 12.24.

The team’s achievements were due to a great effort by all the students together with an increase in the amount of students participating in the training sessions held on Thursday afternoons and Friday mornings. Congratulations to the medal winners and all the students who participated in the event!

A special thank you to the students who attended Year 7 boys team Running Group throughout the year. It is clear, by looking at the individual results that their hard work paid off. All these students improved on their times from the House Cross Country carnival.

Running group will continue until the end of the year with a focus on our Athletic season, starting in Term 1 next year.

The final results for Oxley at the end of the event were:

Group Gender Placing U13 Girls 2 U13 Boys 1 Year 8 girls team U14 Girls 1 U14 Boys 7 U15 Girls 2 U15 Boys 4 U16 Girls 2 U16 Boys 3 OPEN Girls 4 OPEN Boys 2

Year 8 boys team

6 Year 9 girls team Year 11 girls

Year 9 boys team Year 11 boys

Year 7 Girls Cricket Team

Our Year 7 Girls recently had the opportunity to participate in the inaugural EISM Girls School Cup Cricket Carnival. The Carnival was introduced after a few schools indicated a great interest shown by girls in the sport. The Carnival took place on Friday 14 September at Kingswood College, Box Hill, based on the 8-A-side T20 Blast format.

Nine very enthusiastic Year 7 Girls were enrolled for the Carnival. They trained on Friday lunch times for a few weeks with two Year 10 boys and Mr Kotzé. Campbell Mole (10.2) and Caleb Hrabe (10.2) were kind enough to give up their time and share their cricket experience with Year 10 girls team the girls.

Year 10 boys team The girls with their Coaches, Campbell and Caleb.

7 The team of Emma Mole (7.17), Stacey Mubaira (7.17), NBL Club Visit Devanshi Agrawal (7.14), Bek Pocock (7.17), Leila Rivet (7.16), Olivia Bishop (7.14), Kayla Thorpe (7.16), Brooke On Tuesday 18 September, the Year 10 Sports Analysis Waldrom (7.17) and Izabella Barnett (7.17) did very well class and Year 8 Home Group Captains went on an to finish overall second and managed to finish with the excursion to the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre. biggest overall run rate on the day! They played against We were able to watch and meet the Melbourne United Eltham, Bialik, Kilvington, Oakleigh and Kingswood. players and also play some basketball. We firstly watched them train and were amazed at how quick they play and Congratulations on a very good performance and the how they didn’t miss a shot. We were blown away by manner in which you represented Oxley. the skills displayed by the players, including the likes of and , who are some of the Frederik Kotzé best players in the NBL. We then were able to meet with Head of Sport Mitch McCarron, who had played the night before for the Australian Basketball Team and was recruited this year Girls Footy ends the term with plenty of spirit from the (NBL team). He gave us some insight about his life and what it takes to become an Sunny conditions set the scene for a great finale to the athlete in basketball and even told us what video games term with students coming to school in their footy colours. he plays! We were also allowed to talk to the head coach, . He explained the capabilities you need Our annual AFL friendly game with Years 7-9 girls saw to become a great head coach. Dean also said that it plenty of action at lunchtime. Opposing coaches Angus takes a lot of hard work and determination, but he knows Hubbard (Boys 8-9 EISM AFL Team Captain) and Ethan the winning feeling, as of the eight seasons he has been Thomas (Boys 8-9 EISM AFL Team Vice Captain) put all an assistant coach or coach he has won six titles and a mateship on hold as bragging rights was up for grabs! championship in his first year of head coaching. Angus’ Allies team ended up clinging to victory by seven points over the fast finishing Ethan’s Allstars team We also watched a former Oxley student, Ben Ursich, 2.3 = 15 v 1.2 = 8. The umpires looked the part and who was trying out for the team and hoping to get into judged each contest with wisdom and virtue. the development squad. We then booked a court and we tried to replicate the Melbourne United drills and scrimmages, but we weren’t too great at it, but it was still great fun.

All class members had an additional part to play in small working parties that served the class in a different way consisting of journalists, chaplains, nutritionists, team motivators, mentors, navigators and fitness coaches.

Victorious Allies team with Coach Angus and excited Assistant Sebastian

Highlights and award winners included: • Year 7 MVP – Carlee Davies closely followed by Jessica Nassar. • Year 8 MVP – Audrey Oastler (1 goal) closely followed by Chloe Anderson. Miranda Kerr also had a real go and kicked a great goal. All in all, it was a great day that was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone and we will benefit from the skills we were • Year 9 MVP – Imogen Gellert with Tahlia Edwards and shown and practised. Charlotte McGregor also playing well. • Coaches awards for effort and endeavour were given Caleb Hrabe and Ben Parker out by the boys to Natasha Varelas (Allies – 1 goal) and Year 10 Sport Analysis Class Ella Walker (Allstars).

Gavin Fox Sport Teacher

8 Championships held in South Australia. This competition was held in conjunction with the Australian National Congratulations Orienteering Championships. Combining to give eight Hannah wins dance award events, over a nine day period. These events were run to international orienteering standards and attracted On Sunday 5 August, Hannah Jansen (9.20) took part participants across all skill levels and ages with the oldest in the CSTD Public Performance Award Exams, a participant being over 90 years old. prestigious exam only a few candidates participate in each year (this year there were only 22 in Victoria). Each Events were held in a variety of terrains, ranging from the candidate has to perform two dances in front of an semi-arid sand hills of the Murray River near Renmark, audience and an examiner. After seven months of hard to the urban environment of Adelaide, to the lush pine work and dedication, she performed a National Chinese forests and rocky slopes of the Adelaide hills. On average Fan Dance and a Classical Ballet Dance. Hannah was each competitor would cover over 40km over the eight awarded the Dorothy Gladstone Award for Classical events. Ballet and received a Highly Commended (80-84%) for both dances. Well done, Hannah! James finished the competitions on a high with 8th place in the Australian Middle Distance Championship. and is looking forward to competing in the New Zealand National Championships next Easter. He hopes to make the Schools team again to compete in the 2019 Australian Championships to be held in the Wagga Wagga region.

Hannah (middle top row) after the exam

Jacob cleans up at Kooyong

Congratulations to Jacob Reid (9.20) on his outstanding performance in the finals of the 2018 Pennant Competition. In blustery and cold conditions, Jacob won his singles match 6-0; 6-3 in an amazing 38 minutes, and helped his James in action team, Croydon Tennis Club, win their first men’s pennant in their 112 year history. That the match was played at Kooyong Tennis Club, only added to the occasion. Acknowledgements Jacob also proudly represents Oxley in the EISM Tennis competition. We wish him continued success in his The Junior School Production team would like to thank endeavours. Croydon School of Dance for lending us the beautiful dresses worn by the Wallpaper Ballet Dancers in the opening scene of The Mender. We appreciate their generosity and kindness!

Jacob proudly holding the pennant flag

James is on the right path

Over the school holidays James Love (8.24) represented Sharon Sutton Victoria in the Australian Schools Orienteering Assistant Head of Junior School

9 Charity Knitting Welcome to New Staff Thank you to all Oxley community knitters who have Hello! My name is handed in knitted items. The latest tally is: 39 toys, 49 and I’m beanies, 3 pairs of bootees, 3 baby jumpers, 5 children’s Sorenne Eadie blessed to have joined the jumpers, 1 adult jumper, 11 pairs of fingerless gloves, 23 Administration Team as the scarves, 145 squares (equivalent to 9 blankets) and 3 full new Visitor Receptionist. blanket. As a past student, I look forward to being part of the Oxley community again and continuing to get to know everyone. I was married earlier this year and am excited to start a new chapter of my life.

Enrolments 2019 Parents who are intending to enrol children (who are not Tamara, Kirmin, Vi and Julie enoying their knitting projects already enrolled at Oxley Christian College) for 2019 are strongly recommended to do so now as we have Any knitted or crocheted items are welcome, this includes limited vacancies in some year levels. Please obtain an toys. There is also a request for knitted Teddies, but they Enrolment Application Form, Fee Schedule and Business have asked that all teddies be knitted in acrylic wool (due Statement from the Administration Office. to possible allergies in newborn babies). Patterns are available on their website. www.kogo.org.au/patterns. 2020 Dru Law We are also accepting enrolments for 2020 and beyond Senior School Teacher (particularly Prep and Year 7) and again, we encourage you to submit your completed Enrolment Application Form as soon as possible.

Uniform Notice to Withdraw Summer Uniform Reminders Parents are reminded of their obligation to give the school one full term’s notice, in writing to the Principal, Boys if their children are not continuing at Oxley Christian Ties do not have to be worn during Term 4, but this is College. The lack of one term’s notice will result in the allowed only if you are wearing a short-sleeved Summer payment of one term’s Tuition Fees. shirt. It is also a legal requirement for you to inform us of the school to which your child’s enrolment is transferring. Girls There is a changeover period of a week at the start of Caroline Lewis Term 4, during which Winter uniform may be worn if it is Registrar unseasonably cool.

The Summer dress hemline needs to be checked so that it is to the bottom of the kneecap.

All students If you are considering Oxley Kids for kindergarten or Blazers must be worn to and from school every day. (On long day care for your child, please do not hesitate to hot days, a blazer-free day will be announced for the contact us as we have very limited vacancies for 2019 and afternoon.) During Term 4 sun hats should be worn at are now taking bookings for 2020 and beyond. Phone recess and lunch time. 9727 9200 to find out how we can help your child begin their Oxley journey! Trevor Whittle Head of Students 7—12 Kim Sopar Oxley Kids Director

10 UNIFORM AVAILABLE 24 / 7 Did you know OXLEY CHRISTIAN COLLEGE SCHOOL uniform is available to order on-line?

have your uniform posted to either your home OR office or click & collect FROM THE OXLEY ON-CAMPUS UNIFORM SHOP

visit the bob stewart website www.bobstewart.com.au FOR MORE INFORMATION

11 Notice Board 2018 Calendar Oct Friday 12 Year 12 Valedictory Dinner UNIFORM SHOP (6.00pm and 8.00pm BPAC) Gate 7, 15-49 Old Melbourne Rd Monday 15 Soiree Evening Ph: 9036 7359 School at Work (9.30am BPAC)

Tuesdays & Thursdays (term time) Wednesday 17 Year 1 Excursion 8.15 - 9.00am & 1.00 - 4.30pm Soiree Evening (6.00pm and 8.00pm BPAC)

Uniform regulations and price list are Step Into Prep Transition Program available at the Office or online at: Year 3 Late Night Incursion Thursday 18 http://www.bobstewart.com.au (1.30pm to 7.30pm The Barn) Soiree Evening (6.00pm and 8.00pm BPAC) Prep-Year 2 Athletics Friday 19 CLASSIFIEDS Visual Arts Festival The Oxley Classifieds are a Monday 22 Year 12 Final Assembly convenient way to buy and sell items (directly related to the education Year 12 Final Day of your child) such as textbooks, Tuesday 23 VCE Languages Exam uniform and musical instruments. Wednesday 24 VCE Auslan Exam To advertise or purchase second-hand items: Friday 26 Year 2 Sleepover http://online.oxley.vic.edu.au/ 29 Oct - classifieds.php Mon - Fri Prep-Year 2 Swimming Lessons username: parent 2 Nov password: oxley Year 10 Job Search Day Wednesday 31 Oct VCE Exams commence Nov Thursday 1 Year 7 Instrumental Concert OXLEY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES Monday 5 Student Free Day The College may, from time-to-time, Tuesday 6 Melbourne Cup Public Holiday review and update various policies and procedures. Online / digital Thursday 8 School at Work (9.30am BPAC) copies of College policies and Year 10 Formal Dinner procedures can be found on the Friday 9 Oxley website (under ‘Publications’), Year 11 Study Day or on the Parent Portal (under the ‘Docs’ tab) which is accessible from Year 4 Excursion the College website Tuesday 13 Prep 2019 Information Evening Wednesday 14 Year 10 Melba Concert OXLEY KIDS Step Into Prep Transition Program Early Learning Centre Thursday 15 Open 6.30am - 6.30pm Year 2 Strings Concert 9727 9200 Friday 16 Mooroolbark Sports Day Monday 19 Year 7-10 Exams commence OXLEY ONLINE Thursday 22 Year 11 into 12 Orientation The Vine is also available online via our website: Friday 23 Correction Day (student free) www.oxley.vic.edu.au Monday 26 Report Writing Day (student free) OXLEY CHRISTIAN COLLEGE A Coeducational School | Prep to Year 12

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